Improved washing-machine



UNITE STATES ATENT Ormea.

JACOB HILBORN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T') HARRISON HAIGI'II, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVED WASH ING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 37,6523, dated February 10, 1863,

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. HILBORN, ofthe city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this speciiication, in which- A is an oblong box, with the bottom inclining downward toward the end markedA. B is a corrugated wash-board, made ofwood or other suitable material. This wash-board is concave upon its upper side, as shown in Figure 2, and can be set in different position in thebox by means ofthe set-screw C. E are upright movable wash-boards, one on either side of the wash-box. D D D' are wooden flashers with corrugated upper surfaces. The dashers and upright wash-boards have arms F F F, which playloose upon a cross-beam, Gr, of a gallows-frame. These arms are provided with pitmen H, worked by a shaft with corresponding cranks, which are so arranged that no two of the dashers, nor either of the upright washboards, work forward or backward together, but their relative positions are constantly changing.

Operation: This machine is so simple in its construction that it is scarcely necessary to explain its operation. A few words will suffice. The wash-board'B is placed in position with the dashers D D, according as there are more or less clothes to be washed. Tater and soap in suflcient quantities having been put in the box, the clothes are placed between the dashers and wash-boards B, and the cranks are set in motion, by which means the clothes are constantly thrown against the wash-board B, and the movable upright wash-boards E are constantly rubbing against the clothes, a suction is produced which draws a constant current of water through the clothes, being much more effective in its operation than the usual means of washing by hand.

Having thus described the machine and its operation, what I claim as my invention, and for which I desire Letters Patent to issue, is-

l. Making the stationary corrugated concave or wash-board of a washing-machine adjustable, substantially'in the manner herein described, so as to adapt the machine to operate on a large or small quantity of clothes.

2. In combination with the stationary Washboard B,the vertical reciprocatin g Wash-boards E, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein described.

3. The combination of the stationary washboard B, the vertical reciprocating side washboards, E, and pendulum-dashers D, substanally in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB HILBORN.

fitnesses GHAs. R. BOND, J. W. GOULD. 

